Some years ago, I recall somebody wailing seriously over a lost opportunity. At the end of the day, I realized that she was not crying or feeling shattered because of the opportunity she lost but because she could have actually answered the question right since she knew what to answer with. She was so sure of the answer to give and how to present it in such a way that she was sure she would stand out among all other applicants or interviewee but the problem she had was the fear, and lack of confidence as she entered the hall.
The state of her body shaking and trembling at the sight of people she was about to face made her lose balance and even though she knew what she was saying or what she wanted to say, and would have been the best fit for the job, she was still rejected and she lost it.
Most times, the experiences only are not the only criteria for that success to be achieved, experiences won't be the frontrunner when you are about to pitch what you have and possess. The confidence we have to speak up and talk about who we are and what we can do goes a long way.
Comparatively, our experiences are like the fuel in the lamp to sustain the light while our confidence are more or less like matches or lighter. In as much as that fuel is important, the fuel won't still be useful or be effective when confidence does not start its work to show forth experiences.
Let me still burst your bubble, that there might be little or no fuel in that lamp, but the lamp wool can start the burning and showing light till fuel arrives.
That is, there are many people who has gotten opportunities either as white colar jobs or contracts either big or mini, they had no prior or little experience about it but because they are ones who wouldn't allow any opportunity pass them by without making hold of it, they take it and still employed people with experiences on the job and at the end of the day, they deliver excellently and still get themselves more contracts through that.
I remember when I started my career as a data analyst... I never even knew it was a career but I knew I had that calmness when imputing data and all that but because I do it diligently unknowingly that I was been seen for it, I was retained and I started learning on the job. From data entry, I started analyzing the data gotten for every projects and write a detailed and visualized reports on them. I had no prior experience but once I saw it as an opportunity, I grabbed it with confidence and not with a doubt in the presence of the CEO who believed in me to be able to do it.
Prospective helpers might even see the attribute in you to be able to get that opportunity but once you as a person lacks the confidence to see yourself in that shoes, then it's a lost opportunity already.
I'll wrap it up with this. I do tell people something that whenever you are asked a question, even when you don't have an idea about what you're been asked and you know you're about to utter rubbish, activate your confidence and still utter that rubbish with confidence. It won't show you as weakling.
I'll be dropping my 🖊️ here on the Hive Learners community prompt
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